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Latest News in Telecommunications
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January 12, 2026
Apple Cites Privacy To Avoid Reporting Child Porn, Victims Say
A proposed class of child abuse victims claiming Apple spread child sexual abuse materials has fired back against the company's latest attempt to dismiss their lawsuit in California federal court, saying it failed to implement safeguards for preventing the storage and dissemination of such materials over pretextual privacy concerns.
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January 12, 2026
Nielsen Gets 4-Day Pause On National-Local Data Tying Block
Nielsen has just four days to seek Second Circuit intervention before an order goes into effect blocking it from conditioning full access to its nationwide radio data on also buying local data, after a New York federal judge refused Monday to pause that mandate beyond a brief administrative stay.
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January 12, 2026
5th Circ. Urged Again To Find FCC Subsidy Regime Unlawful
A conservative think-tank has again launched a Fifth Circuit legal challenge to the federal government's fee regime used to pay for telecommunications subsidies, less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the funding arrangement's constitutionality.
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January 12, 2026
Acer Says T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Infringe 6 Wireless Patents
Acer Inc. is going after AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon in Texas federal court over allegations that the American telecommunications companies are infringing six of the Taiwanese technology giant's patents related to 4G, LTE and 5G wireless standards, while refusing to negotiate licensing terms.
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January 12, 2026
Prison Phone Co. Appealing New Rate Rule In DC Circ.
A Texas-based prison phone provider is challenging the Federal Communications Commission's order regulating prison call rates and prohibiting "site commissions" paid by phone providers to facilities.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals